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I posted a year or two ago (I think I deleted it out of embarrassment but believe before doing so I had mentioned the mistake I made) as I had completed a 30 coin set of 1998 MLB Fine Silver Pinnacle Mint coins. A buddy I met on eBay years back and I teamed up to help each other collect these as they are very rare. Anyways he found a granddaughter of a Pinnacle/Donruss/Leaf exec who passed and had left coins to her. We were able to do the impossible and complete our sets thanks to her. He worked the deal out and even bought capsules and everything (I showed him where to get them, what size and what rings he needed years back). I assumed he used air-tites.com (as I told him to only use them).  Few months later under climate control the entire time, some started to slightly tone. Furious, I pressed him on where he got them. He said air-tites but when he sent the link it was some other company.


Anyways I’m finding more examples, all which have been in climate controlled environments their entire lives once they reach me. Yall will prob hate these but I like gaudy coins (I know LesbianCow will really love these though ).. I’m not sure if the German mint BH Mayers Kunstprageanstalt GmbH provide the capsules or not, but either way if you have anything from them, move your coins to air-tites.com capsules. These are expensive coins and once again just furious. What’s odd is just the rims toning on the “Masterpieces of Art” coins.

https://i.ibb.co/vZsWs16/IMG-3928.jpg (https://ibb.co/KFNgN6p)
https://i.ibb.co/54SrvkD/IMG-3929.jpg (https://ibb.co/DWv9kYX)
https://i.ibb.co/Jrbmw4m/IMG-3930.jpg (https://ibb.co/2cLW1QW)
https://i.ibb.co/6FPtwHz/IMG-3931.jpg (https://ibb.co/tDs2Kqg)
https://i.ibb.co/d5KVTZS/IMG-3932.jpg (https://ibb.co/ZMTFj93)
https://i.ibb.co/3Cv20ZZ/IMG-3933.jpg (https://ibb.co/vjhpJnn)
https://i.ibb.co/rwz6PDz/IMG-3935.jpg (https://ibb.co/pLMzDYM)

I’m going to check on some other coins from mints around the word and see if there’s others using half ass capsules. I’m sure there’s other good companies that provide good capsules but I know for a fact air-tites.com is aces, nothing I’ve ever had of theirs has allowed toning, they have great products and customer service is A+. Of course nothing beats a slab.

Just a friendly heads up.

I've noticed toning on coins kept in capsules that use a half moon shaped finger hold on the side. Used in order to be able to open the capsule easier. Very frustrating to have coins tone that you don't want too. Especially because cleaning them is even worse. I feel your anger.

Mind sharing an example?


Here’s some others. The Mohawk Iron workers coins are indeed in hard capsules from the U.S. Mint, the Ruthenium Panda from Golden Enigma, and the Star Wars Bars from the NZ Mint (which is not the same as the NZ Post (tho maybe they mint the coins for the NZ Post?). From what I can tell so far the NZ Mint (not NZ Post) coin capsules have held up. But I have to check my collection which is all over the place, and will update in the coming weeks. I couldn’t bare and look at what else I have near by. Some of these took years to tone too. Again, alway in climate controlled environments, I’m anal about this.

https://i.ibb.co/bKjwVVq/IMG-3940.jpg (https://ibb.co/ZMR4rrt)
https://i.ibb.co/kSPJP95/IMG-3942.jpg (https://ibb.co/x7rYrfX)
These aren’t easy to see cuz I’m a shit photographer but bottom and top corners starting to tone. These are both in capsules and wrapped in magnetic plastic cases too.

https://i.ibb.co/rfG5YKv/IMG-3944.jpg (https://ibb.co/n8sQ9qR)
https://i.ibb.co/kBNv1gK/IMG-3943.jpg (https://ibb.co/XLcM8ZX)

https://i.ibb.co/Vqyzx9v/IMG-3945.jpg (https://ibb.co/6WhT8w4)
https://i.ibb.co/hY6RTZg/IMG-3946.jpg (https://ibb.co/sWfvX6g)
Bought a box of these, maybe 40 in total. Some toned a little, some a lot, some not at all.

https://i.ibb.co/XCznWV5/20240505-184946.jpg (https://ibb.co/XCznWV5) https://i.ibb.co/w7B4Dmq/20240505-185005.jpg (https://ibb.co/w7B4Dmq) https://i.ibb.co/xhkrsKH/20240505-185027.jpg (https://ibb.co/xhkrsKH)

Ah yes, those def allow for air to seep.  Should never be too easy to open. 

I will agree that airtites are the best vs the others - when people send me coins it usually is not with an airtite but some off brand, I toss those and put the coin in an airtite.

Also, don't seal coins or whatever in humid conditions. All you do is seal them in with damp air. This is not good.
Ask me how I know..... :-)

-Dave

I've used air-tites for my binary rounds for a long time and highly recommend them.  I've even had collectors reach out to me and ask if my coins were real silver because they weren't toning like other coins from their collection...  Try explaining to someone that your coins never touch human hands and are packaged in the best quality air-tites while other coin distributors handle their coins with their bare hands freely and use the cheapest possible capsules, leaving your coins exposed to air, covered with oil, and that is causing them to tone.  Anyway, this is good advice.  Air-tites are legit.